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MTU engines from Rolls-Royce power tugs worldwide
Rolls-Royce’s MTU engines have now been powering tugs around the world for 20 years, establishing themselves as a trusted brand in the demanding sector with more than 500 MTU engines in service
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Rolls-Royce launches new MTU Flex SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment system
Rolls-Royce is introducing the MTU Flex SCR, a new, more flexible and compact exhaust gas aftertreatment system. InitialIy it is being rolled out incombination with the 16-cylinder MTU Series 4000 engine for
Rolls-Royce launches new 12-cylinder MTU Series 2000 engine
Rolls-Royce Power Systems is launching a new 12-cylinder version of the MTU Series 2000 engine, designated 12V2000 M96Z. It is targeted at fast yachts, patrol, police and sportfishing boats and will be
Rolls-Royce and SIT partner up on innovative technologies
Under an agreement announced during Singapore Maritime Week, Rolls-Royce and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) have entered into a collaboration to develop innovative technologies to enhance equipment health management and fleet
Rolls-Royce powers world’s fastest offshore crew transfer vessels
As we reported earlier, Singapore Shipbuilder Strategic Marine recently delivered the first of three 35-meter crew transfer vessels that will be used by a national oil company in Africa for personnel transfer
VIDEO: Liberty Lines puts its first hybrid fast ferry into operation
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines yesterday commissioned the 39.5 meter, 251 passenger Vittorio Morace, the world’s first hybrid fast ferry in its category and size. Built by Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon and
First hydrogen-fueled superyacht features MAN Cryo technology
MAN Cryo has supplied a liquid-hydrogen gas-fuel supply system for the first superyacht to feature a hydrogen fuel cell installation. At 118.8 meter long, the hydrogen-fueled superyacht, Project 821, built by Netherlands
Poland’s new Miecznik frigates feature MTU propulsion and power systems
Construction of the first of Poland’s three new Miecznik frigates is now underway at the state-owned PGZ shipyard in Gdynia. In parallel, the vessel’s MTU propulsion engines and four marine gensets are
New MTU remanufacturing and overhaul center opens in South Carolina
Representing what Rolls-Royce Power Systems says is “a low double-digit million dollar investment,” the company has opened a new remanufacturing and overhaul center at its MTU Aiken site in South Carolina. The
Yankee Freedom orders new Dry Tortugas ferry
Key West, Fla.-based Yankee Freedom has ordered a new 300-passenger, high-speed catamaran ferry from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation for passenger service between Key West and the Dry Tortugas National Park. The new